ID thieves, con artists and bill collectors buy and sell your information. These people want you to call them back in order to collect more information from you. If they get nowhere with you, they sell it to somebody else. Every time this happens, the people harassing you lose money. Don't ever give out or "confirm" ANY information over the telephone, including your name. Never push buttons or leave messages. All of these people are aware of this website. They have been posting here (800notes) to confuse people, usually tales about how hard it was to get rid of them. The posts above are a perfect example.

You can help your entire community by doing what I did. Contact your local TV station and tell them about this website, so that they can share it with their viewers. I have offered good advice here. I encourage everyone to copy it and re-post as you see fit.

Scam, annoying calls every day, too bad our cellphone providers support this.

If you have an Apple you can block these numbers. If you have an Android download an app to block these numbers.

A caller id of "LOCAL" and a non-local area code is a good way to guarantee this call will be screened. It couldn't have been too important because they didn't bother leaving a message.

Thank your government and telephone provider for allowing this to continue.